DOS Game "F-15 Strike Eagle II" reversing project needs DOS test pilots

Post by rhplus » Sat, Jun 20, 2026, 5:58 PM UTC

skerit wrote: post #14

LowLevelMahn wrote: post #2

Playable DOS version available First step was the full reverse to assembler, second step is to convert the assembler to binary equal compiled C code, all this still on DOS until no assembler code is left, then the porting to Linux,Windows will start Reversing tends to bring in new bugs and its not easy to find all bugs in such old and reversed code - but so far everything seems to work try finding open bugs if you go…

I'm currently reverse engineering a few games too. It's quite easy with AI now. But I'm worried about the legality of it all. Any thoughts on this?

Post by gmerc » Sat, Jun 20, 2026, 6:21 PM UTC

aiponzischeme wrote: post #22

gmerc wrote: post #20

It’s ridiculously easy to port games now. https://robin.tooclever.org took less than a day in API time

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Post by howard941 » Sat, Jun 20, 2026, 6:38 PM UTC

Post by skerit » Sat, Jun 20, 2026, 6:59 PM UTC

alberto-m wrote: post #18

habagav wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You could do “clean room engineering” approach where the reversing agent generates a specification from its findings, and then have a separate agent reimplement the code without seeing the original binaries/code. You’d just have to make sure the specification doesn’t include actual source snippets (the AI will try this if you don’t specify). Pseudo code would be sufficient I guess where necessary.

Unless you develop your AI agent from scratch or you clone a never-released game, it would be extremely easy for the rightholders to claim that both agents have most certainly ingested the binary during their training phase, since it's well known that the hyperscalers have pirated everything that could be pirated to train their LLMs. Which is why malus.sh is a parody, not a real service. One should be honest about wh…

Post by skerit » Sat, Jun 20, 2026, 7:01 PM UTC

habagav wrote: post #15

skerit wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm currently reverse engineering a few games too. It's quite easy with AI now. But I'm worried about the legality of it all. Any thoughts on this?

You could do “clean room engineering” approach where the reversing agent generates a specification from its findings, and then have a separate agent reimplement the code without seeing the original binaries/code. You’d just have to make sure the specification doesn’t include actual source snippets (the AI will try this if you don’t specify). Pseudo code would be sufficient I guess where necessary.